14 words come out when you unscramble GAMS, starting with GAMS itself: 7 in Scrabble, 9 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 7 points: MAGS. The 4 letters split into 1 vowel and 3 consonants.
G23A1M34S1
Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from GAMS by length: 2 with 4 letters, 8 with 3 and 4 with 2.
Keep every letter of GAMS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 4-letter words: starting with GA · ending in MS · all 4-letter words
GAMS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept GAMS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| GAMS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 14) | 12 | 14 | 11 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
2 of the 14 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SAM and SMA. 1 of the 14 answers is missing from Words With Friends*: AGS.
These 12 words take every letter of GAMS plus a single extra one.